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  • Teaser for 2016 Acura ILX

    Acura had high hopes for its newest gateway vehicle, the ILX compact sedan, which was introduced at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show. The idea behind its creation seemed logical enough: by basing an Acura model on the Honda Civic, the automaker could lower the price of entry and attract a younger, hipper audience to the brand. What the automaker didn’t count on was the likes of Mercedes-Benz and Audi entering the segment with compact sedans of their own, priced just a couple of grand higher than the ILX. Acura attempted to tempt buyers with a few sweeteners for 2014 but now a much more...

  • BMW M4 DTM Champion Edition unveiled at the Hockenheimring, October 19, 2014
    BMW M4 DTM Edition, SEMA-Ready 2015 Ford F-150s, Autonomous Audi RS 7: Today’s Car News

    BMW is celebrating its titles in both the 2014 DTM Drivers’ and Constructors’ championships with a special edition M4. Only 23 examples will be built, and none of them will be coming to the U.S. The annual SEMA show in Las Vegas, Nevada is just around the corner and two modified 2015...

  • IED Turin and Hyundai's PassoCorto sports car concept
    Hyundai Considering New Sports Car: Report

    Could Hyundai be considering a new sports car? According to one of the automaker’s senior executives, a launch of a new sports car has been discussed but no decision has been made yet. The information was revealed by Hyundai’s European chief Allan Rushforth in an interview with Autocar...

  • Jay Leno's Garage 1972 Mercedes-Benz 600 Kompressor screencap
    Jay Leno Plays Dictator In His 1972 Mercedes-Benz 600: Video

    Jay Leno shows off his hydraulic-intensive Mercedes-Benz 600.

  • 2015 Ford F-150 Vaughn Gittin Jr. - 2014 SEMA
    Ford Previews A Pair Of 2015 F-150s Modded For SEMA

    Having shed around 700 pounds compared to its predecessor, the 2015 Ford F-150 is already the smartest, toughest and most capable F-150 ever launched by the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F]. But at next month’s SEMA show in Las Vegas we’ll get a look at how tuning firms intend to further...

  • Dartz Prombron Black Shark
    More details on Dartz’s Prombron Black Shark

    Latvian firm Dartz has just revealed a new model for its Prombron brand, the Black Shark, which is based on the bones of the Mercedes-Benz GL-Class full-size SUV and is loaded with tech goodies. Like all Dartz vehicles, the Black Shark can be equipped with various levels of armor protection ranging...

  • First 2016 Land Rover Discovery Sport rolls off the line at Halewood plant in the U.K.

    One of the most anticipated vehicles of the coming year is the 2016 Land Rover Discovery Sport. Its arrival finally sees Land Rover with a credible rival for the top-selling small SUVs from Germany’s three major luxury marques, which is exactly the vehicles it will be targeting with its starting price of $37,995. DON'T MISS: DynaSpike Aims To Making Ending Car Chases Safer: Video Production of the first customer examples of the new Discovery Sport is now underway at Land Rover’s Halewood plant in the U.K., the same site responsible for the Range Rover Evoque, and the very first...

  • BMW M4 DTM Champion Edition unveiled at the Hockenheimring, October 19, 2014
    BMW Celebrates DTM Championship Win With Special Edition M4: Video

    After losing out to Audi last year, BMW is back in the winner’s circle of the popular touring car series DTM. Both the 2014 Drivers’ and Teams’ titles went to the Munich-based firm, thanks to top driver Marco Wittmann and BMW Team RMG. Following the conclusion of the final race at...

  • Audi RS 7 autonomous car concept
    Audi’s Autonomous RS 7 Successfully Laps Hockenheimring At Race Pace: Video

    At the season finale for Germany’s DTM touring car series, held at the Hockenheimring over the weekend, Audi demonstrated a self-driving RS 7 concept car that could lap the circuit at race speeds. The video shows the successful lap, which Audi tells us took just over two minutes. That’s...

  • Ferrari F60 America launch, Beverly Hills, California
    Charger Hellcat Priced, Autonomous Audi RS 7 Races, Ferrari F60 Launched: The Week In Reverse

    This was a surprisingly busy week in the car world, with the 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat priced from $63,995 plus $995 delivery, an Autonomous Audi RS 7 set to take the track at the Hockenheim Ring, and Ferrari’s F60 America launched in Beverly Hills. You’ll find all of this in more...

  • 2015 Audi Sport TT Cup race car
    Audi TT Gets Its Own Racing Series: Video

    Audi is the latest automaker to launch a new one-make racing series, in this case based around the all-new 2016 TT sports car. The series is called the Audi Sport TT Cup and its inaugural season will take place next year, with the rounds scheduled to coincide with those of the DTM series. DON'T...

  • Porsche lineup dressed in Martini Racing livery
    2015 Rolls-Royce Ghost, Martini Porsches, McLaren P1 Track Day: This Week’s Top Photos

    Porsche currently offers the classic Martini Racing livery on its flagship 918 Spyder but imagine if the distinct dark blue, light blue and red hues were available across the German sports car brand’s lineup. Well, imagine no more. If you thought the Focus ST was the limit of Ford’s...

  • Dartz Prombron Black Shark

    Latvia’s Dartz is back with an all-new model for its Prombron brand based on the bones of the Mercedes-Benz GL-Class full-size SUV. However, don’t call the new Dartz an SUV because the company says it’s much more than that. Called the Black Shark, it’s named after a Russian attack helicopter and features enough tech goodies to embarrass James Bond and the whole Q Branch. MUST SEE: 2016 Chevrolet Camaro Spy Video At present we only have a small handful of photos showing the Black Shark from a few angles, but Dartz plans to reveal full details in the lead up to the 100th...

  • 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat
    2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Priced From $63,995

    The 707-horsepower super sedan from Dodge, the 2015 Charger SRT Hellcat, will cost the world just $63,995 (plus $995 destination) including its $1,700 gas guzzler tax, Chrysler announced today. That gives it a slightly higher starting price—and a slightly worse dollar-per-horsepower...

  • Autonomous Audi RS 7 to attempt a full race-pace lap of the Hockenheim Ring
    Autonomous Audi RS 7 To Lap The Hockenheim Ring At Race Pace, Live Feed This Weekend: Video

    Audi is planning a rather unusual feat at the Hockenheim Ring this weekend: it will lap the circuit with a street-going RS 7 at full race pace—without a driver. You can tune in to the live feed October 19th at 6:50 a.m. EDT at the official Audi live stream site. The stunt is intended to show...

  • McLaren F1 owner's handbook
    A look inside the little-known McLaren F1 owner’s handbook

    More a piece of art than an instructional manual—though it’s still very informative—very few people have ever seen, much less laid hands on, the McLaren F1 owner’s handbook. Here, we get an insider’s look at the book, and what went into its creation. MUST SEE: 2016...

  • 2015 Ford Mustang Hennessey HPE700
    Hennessey 2015 Ford Mustang HPE600 & HPE700 Upgrades Priced

    The modifications for the 2015 Ford Mustang are proceeding at a rapid clip, even before the car is officially launched to the public. Today, Hennessey announced pricing for its HPE600 and HPE700, as well as the CarbonAero appearance package and HPE+ wheel and exhaust packages. MUST SEE: 2016...

  • Jaguar F-Type all-wheel-drive 'Plant Launch Vehicle' spy shots
    Jaguar F-Type All-Wheel Drive Spy Shots

    All-wheel-drive sports coupes (and convertibles) are predominantly the territory of the Germans (and the British, by way of Germany, with Bentley), but soon, Jaguar will bring the feature to its brand, too, if this prototype of an all-wheel-drive F-Type is any indication. Billed as a “Plant...

  • The Sistine Chapel. Image by Wikimedia user Antoinetav under CC 3.0.

    The Pope is apparently a fan of Porsche, as he’s given his blessing for the company to use the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel for pair of 20-person corporate events. This is the first time the Sistine Chapel has been used for such an event. MUST SEE: 2016 Chevrolet Camaro Spy Video The event will center around a classical music concert, with dinner afterward in the presence of artwork by Raphael and Michelangelo. It will also be part of a Porsche Travel Club driving tour of the Lazio region and a tour of Rome. In all, the Travel Club experience will involve five days of exploring and...

  • Create your own Hellcat jack-o-lantern with We R Mopar's clever cutout
    Scare The Hellcat Out Of Halloween Visitors With This Clever Jack-O-Lantern Cutout

    The 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat has been rolling giant clouds of tire smoke since its debut, because what else would you use 707 horsepower for? But now, you can have all of that scary-powerful goodness on your very own jack-o-lantern thanks to a custom cutout. Yes, you will be able to scare...

  • Audi R8 production
    Audi R8 Production Moved To New Site

    Since launch, Audi’s R8 supercar has been built at a special facility located at the automaker’s main plant in Neckarsulm, Germany. However, production of the car has now been moved to a new facility, located in the city of Heilbronn about four miles south from the main plant. ALSO SEE...

  • 2016 Porsche 911 Carrera facelift spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    Porsche To Turbocharge 911 Carrera As Part Of Facelift: Report

    Porsche is working on a mid-cycle update for its 991-series 911, which in the automaker’s tradition will be classified a 991.2. The update is expected to consist of a few visual tweaks for the exterior and some new features in the cabin, and according to a new report the 911 Carrera models...

  • 2014 Mercedes-Benz S Class, live photos from unveiling in Hamburg
    Mercedes-Benz Sells Over 100,000 S-Classes In A Single Year

    Mercedes-Benz’s latest S-Class, the W222, has been with us for just over a year and already it's managed to rack up more than 100,000 sales worldwide. This is the best rate of sales for any S-Class generation in its first full year on the market, and with new S-Class variants coming like the...

  • 2015 Lexus NX 300h
    2015 Lexus NX Priced From $35,405

    The all-new Lexus NX crossover goes on sale next month with a starting price of $35,405, including a $925 destination charge. That price tag is for the entry-level NX 200t. The only additional model available at launch for U.S. customers is the NX 300h, a hybrid that starts at $40,645, including...

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